Sahwnee

Political alliances were complicated and changed with the times. The Shawnees were allies of the French until British traders moved into the Ohio country around A.D. 1740. The French pushed the British out of Ohio and the Shawnees were forced to be allies of the French again until the British victory in the French and Indian War . As French trading posts turned into British forts the Ohio Indians banded together to fight the British. During the American Revolution, the Shawnee fought alongside the British against the Americans. After the war they continued to fight the Americans.

The Shawnees were fierce warriors. They were among the most feared and respected of Ohio's Indians. Tecumseh was their greatest chief.

General Anthony Wayne defeated the Shawnees and other Ohio Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. The Shawnees surrendered most of their lands in Ohio with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville.

Many of the Shawnees moved into Indiana and continued to fight for their land and freedom. General William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnees and their allies at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.

Between 1831 and 1833 the United States forced the Shawnees to give up their last reservations in Ohio. They were sent off to reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas.

The Shawnees were divided into different clans. The main chief of the Shawnees could only come from one clan. The name of this clan was "Chillicothe." When a village was called Chillicothe it meant that it was home to the principal chief -- the "capitol city" of the Shawnees. Chillicothe was also the name of Ohio's first state capitol, but the modern city is not the site of a former Shawnee town.

Διάσημοι Ινδιάνοι Shawnee: Black Hoof  Blue Jacket  Cornstalk  Tecumseh The Prophet